Bill Text: IL HB4365 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Prompt Payment Act. Provides that utility services provided to the State by a unit of local government are subject to the provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4365 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4365-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4365 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 540/1 from Ch. 127, par. 132.401
Amends the Prompt Payment Act. Provides that utility services provided to the State by a unit of local government are subject to the provisions of the Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning finance.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Prompt Payment Act is amended by
changing Section 1 as follows:
(30 ILCS 540/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.401)
Sec. 1. This Act applies to any State official or agency
authorized to provide for payment from State funds, by virtue
of any appropriation of the General Assembly, for goods or
services furnished to the State.
For purposes of this Act, "goods or services furnished to
the State" include but are not limited to (i) covered health
care provided to eligible members and their covered dependents
in accordance with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of
1971, including coverage through a physician-owned health
maintenance organization under Section 6.1 of that Act, (ii)
prevention, intervention, or treatment services and supports
for persons with developmental disabilities, mental health
services, alcohol and substance abuse services, rehabilitation
services, and early intervention services provided by a vendor,
and (iii) prevention, intervention, or treatment services and
supports for youth provided by a vendor by virtue of a
contractual grant agreement, and (iv) utility services

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provided by a unit of local government. For the purposes of
items (ii) and (iii), a vendor includes but is not limited to
sellers of goods and services, including community-based
organizations that are licensed to provide prevention,
intervention, or treatment services and supports for persons
with developmental disabilities, mental illness, and substance
abuse problems, or that provides prevention, intervention, or
treatment services and supports for youth.
For the purposes of this Act, "appropriate State official
or agency" is defined as the Director or Chief Executive or his
designee of that State agency or department or facility of such
agency or department. With respect to covered health care
provided to eligible members and their dependents in accordance
with the State Employees Group Insurance Act of 1971,
"appropriate State official or agency" also includes an
administrator of a program of health benefits under that Act.
As used in this Act, "eligible member" means a member who
is eligible for health benefits under the State Employees Group
Insurance Act of 1971, and "member" and "dependent" have the
meanings ascribed to those terms in that Act.
As used in this Act, "a proper bill or invoice" means a
bill or invoice, including, but not limited to, an invoice
issued under a contractual grant agreement, that includes the
information necessary for processing the payment as may be
specified by a State agency and in rules adopted in accordance
with this Act.

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(Source: P.A. 100-549, eff. 1-1-18.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.